“On the 20th of April, Saint-Hyacinthe celebrated the Astronomy Day at the “Centre Aquatique Desjardins”. The event received the visit of 400 to 500 people.

A big variation of subjects and activities were on site: outdoor, for the joy of the public, telescopes with solar filters, indoor – conferences on astronomy subjects, a mobile, planetarium under a gigantic round tent, booths for the Quebec astronomical writers and of course the IDA Quebec booth on light pollution.

MCEE, the exposition on ventilation, air conditioning, electrical and lighting, was held the 17th and 18th of April in Place Bonaventure in Montreal.

IDA Quebec was once again invited by the IES (Illuminating Engineering Society) Montreal and shared the same booth. Moreover, M. Mihai Pecingina, IDA Quebec’s President, presented a conference in one of the spots reserved to IES Montreal.

It was the first conference on the first day of the exposition. About 30 people followed the presentation on “The Outdoor Lighting By-Law – content and use” (french only), and several of them came later to the booth to continue the discussion on the subject.

Some of the most important companies were displaying at the MCEE, like Stanpro Lighting – our sponsor – and its “sister” Standard Lighting, our members LedTech, Philips, Lumca, Snoc etc.

The two days went by very fast due to the number and the interest of the visitors.

This edition makes us look forward with interest for the 2015 meeting!